tamtam
French, noun\tam.tam\
tamtam is spelled T-A-M-T-A-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamtam is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of tam-tam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de percussion composé d’un disque de bronze à bords relevés qui rend, lorsqu’on le frappe avec un…”.
What does tamtam mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of tam-tam
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de percussion composé d’un disque de bronze à bords relevés qui rend, lorsqu’on le frappe avec un maillet recouvert de peau, un son très retentissant et indéterminé, contrairement au gong. 2. Tambour africain, lequel est un cylindre recouvert de peau. (Voir précisions dans l’article tam-tam)
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tamtam
- tamtams plural
- tam-tam
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamtam?
- \tam.tam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tamtam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tamtam in French?
tamtam appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).